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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. brush-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. brush-up, brush-up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. brush-up: Wordnik
  4. brush-up: Wiktionary
  5. brush-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (brush-up)

▸ noun:  (informal) A slight correction or modification.
▸ noun:  (informal) A review of a topic to be learned.

Similar:
touch-up, adjustment, correction, correcting, fix-up, true-up, revision, refresher course, update, refresher, more...

Opposite:
deterioration, decline, neglect

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Similar:
touch-up, adjustment, correction, correcting, fix-up, true-up, revision, refresher course, update, refresher, more...

Opposite:
deterioration, decline, neglect



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